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R. W. FRANKLIN.

RAIL AND CABLE CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19. m9.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

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Inventor;

'RAY W. FRANKLIN, OF MONTICELLO, IOW'A, ASSIGNCR TOFRANKLIN fBA RNEQU IRMENT COMPANY, OF MON TICELLO, IOWA, ACORPORATIONJOF MAINE.

RAIL AND CABLE CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

, Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

Application filed February 19, 1919. Serial No. 278,011.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY W. FRANKLIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Monticello, Jones county, Iowa, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail and Cable Connections, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rail and cable connections, and the object of myimprovement is to provide securing and supporting connecting means between a solid rail track of the suspended type and a cable so constructed as to permit a wheeled carrier to move smoothly and without jarring or interruption over the joint of the rail and cable.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are respectively front and rear elevations of the connecting and supporting means of my invention for the adjacent extremities of a track-rail and a cable; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the adjustable brackethanger, showing the track-rail, cable, and connecting-means therefor in cross section; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the cablehook engaging face of the clamping plate; Fig. 6 is a detail elevation of the I cable-hook or loop, showing it positioned upon a section of the fixed track-rail; Fig. 7 is a detail elevation of the opposite side of said cable-hook, showing it in engagement with the clamping plate boss, as located between said plate and said rail-section, with parts of the latter broken away.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The numeral 9 denotes a rafter of any building, such as a barn, and the numeral 1 denotes a fixed depending part of a bracket hanger supported on said rafter. The part 1 has a tri-formed vertical slot 2 forming a guide-way into which the T- shaped hanger part 5 with its medial web 4: telescopes, said part having a lug or projection 7 to receive a lateral brace 31. Said hanger parts land 4 have p-luralities of spaced bolt-holes 14 and 14:, respectively,

for receiving bolts 11 secured by nuts '12, whereby the hanger part 5 may be adjusted vertically relative to the part 1, as desired.

The' Tsh'aped part 25 telescopes easily within the tri-form groove in the upper hanger parts 1 and 3 without danger of oscillation horizontally.

The lower portion of the hanger part 5 is widened, then curved 'forwardlyand supplied with an integral terminal which is flattene d and bent in a vertical plane 6 having a. plurality of bolt holes to receive the bolts 13.

The numeral 15 denotes a clamping plate ofelongated form, whoserear face is fiattened to conform to the fiat vertical plane of the hanger part 6, fitting same, and having crossribs 16 to engage the opposite endsof thepa'rt 6 to prevent relative displacement. The forward face of the plate 15 has a medial longitudinal rib or boss 29 with ends spaced from the ends of the plate, the plate, including said rib 29, having an alined row of bolt holes 30 to receive said bolts 13.

The numeral 26 denotes part of a suspended wire cable having a terminal hook or loop part 27 of elongated form, whose cavity is fitted by the inserted elongated boss 29 on the clamping plate 15. The numeral 8 denotes a brace rod Whose lower end is clamped into an orifice in a side of the lower widened part of the hanger body 5. The rod- 8 has its upper end secured to the rafter 9 by means of a tension bolt 10, thus permitting an adjustment of the tension of the cable.

I have shown a solid track rail made up of alined sections, such as the sections 17 and 19. The track rail is of the I-beam type, but may be of any other desired or suitable section, and theabutting ends of the sections thereof may be fixedly connected in alinement by means of a pair of clamping plates 20 secured by bolts 21 and nuts 28. The terminal rail section 17 has a plurality of longitudinally alined bolt holes 18, and said section 17 is positioned longitudinally over and in contact with the loop-part 27 of said cable and is fixedly secured thereto and to the clamping plate 15 and hanger part 6 by means of said bolts 13 and nuts 28.

The numeral 2st denotes that portion of the connection which permits a smooth approach of the carrier. One end is flexibly connected inalinement with the outer end 1 cable,

of the rail section 17 by specially designed clamping plates 22 loose bolts 23 in such a Way as to permit; a hinged action'of part 24 to conform with variations ofcable as Wheeled carrier passes over the approach or part designated as 24.

The cable 26, in extending outwardly from its looped extremity, is passed through the hollow sleeve '24, the outer end of the sleeve being sloped and contracted to fit the cable closely and thus provide a gradual transition member between the rail 17 and the and a bolt 25 is used to secure the contracted outer end of said sleeve. to the cable. It Will beseemthere'fore, that Whilethe cable is not directly in ,line With the rail section 17, the sleeve 24provides intermediate means for the passage of the ,wheels of-the 'litter carrier, or the like, smoothly and Without jar or interruption fromtone of the connected bodies to the other. L

The connecting means dBSCI'lbBd are such 7 as to 'aline and connect accurately and se- 1 Copies of thislliatentmay be obtained for curely the track rail and the cable and efiect a secure anchorage to the adjustable hanger. Having described my. invention, What I secured by tight-and- I .ters Patent, is:

claim as new, and desiretosecure by Let- In combination, approach device,

and a cable,- said-rail'and a hanger, a raiha flexible I cable being supported in alinement, and conand grooved to receive one extremity of the cable, the adjacent end of the rail being overlaid upon said cable-end and plate, and means for detachably securing said elements fixedly together at the lower jaW of the hanger, the flexible approach being grooved to bolt over the cable and hinged to" said track rail by clamps to conform readily to necting-means between said elements, comprislng a plate posltloned across the hanger the variation ofthe cable and eifect smooth I fivecents each, by addressing the Commissioner ot Patent s, Washington, D- 03" I I i V j 1a., this 31st day; of 

